Ballet Pointe Shoe

by suhanieie in Craft > Costumes & Cosplay

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Ballet Pointe Shoe

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For my Extended Essay in Design Technology, I made a ballet pointe shoe to carry out the finite element analysis to support my research regarding ballet pointe shoes and how they can be made more user centred.

Supplies

Fusion 360

Base

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Select Sketch on the top plane, make a 2-point rectangle and using fillet, curve its edges.

Fillet

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After filleting and sharpening the edges, this is what it will look like

Defining the Shape

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Make a circle and an ellipse

Extrude

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Then extrude the edges

Extrude the Bottom

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To not make it clear from the base, extrude the base by a small margin

Making the Straps

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Create an offset plane from the bottom of the shoe that is 1.2cm above the base. Create a rectangle and make diagonal lines

Extrude

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Extrude it and you're done!